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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Deprecate dynamic properties
From: cmbecker69@gmx.de ("Christoph M. Becker")

On 12.11.2021 at 17:24, Ben Ramsey wrote:

>> On Nov 12, 2021, at 10:10, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 12 November 2021 13:07:42 GMT, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> w=
rote:
>>> Hi internals,
>>>
>>> I've opened the vote on
>>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_dynamic_properties. Voting will clo=
se
>>> 2021-11-26.
>>
>> I've voted no on this one. Not because I don't like the idea, but becau=
se I think the timeline for deprecation and removal is way too fast.
>>
>> This is IMO not something important enough to cause a fairly large BC b=
reak for, and it should wait until the last in the 8.x series before we de=
precate it.
>
> I=E2=80=99ve voted no for the same reason.
>
> I like this change, but the deprecation in 8.2 seems too disruptive. I=
=E2=80=99d
> rather promote our intent to deprecate this with a statement in the
> manual that says something like, =E2=80=9CThis feature will be deprecate=
d in
> PHP 8.3 and removed in 9.0.=E2=80=9D Meanwhile, 8.2 should include the
> AllowDynamicProperties attribute so folks can start preparing.

Didn't we do this for ext/mysql?  Had that the desired effect?  I don't
think so.  Unfortunately, too many devs don't read the docs, and why
would they, if they now how stuff works.

=2D-
Christoph M. Becker